{"id":1343,"date":"2020-09-23T01:47:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T01:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.riseupmassage.com\/?p=1343"},"modified":"2020-09-23T01:47:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T01:47:47","slug":"re-imagining-self-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/re-imagining-self-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-imagining Self-Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi honey, I hear you. This week has been a little brutal here in Seattle. The air is clear now. We are wearing masks, staying in, staying away. And guess what?! Here comes the rain. And that&#8217;s okay.\u00a0Sigh.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1346\" src=\"https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/newwp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/allison-christine-1c5OKDdrqyA-unsplash-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"allison-christine-1c5OKDdrqyA-unsplash\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/allison-christine-1c5OKDdrqyA-unsplash-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/allison-christine-1c5OKDdrqyA-unsplash-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/riseupmassage.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/allison-christine-1c5OKDdrqyA-unsplash-684x1024.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>It&#8217;s just okay!<\/p>\n<p>Oh my gosh, if you had told any of us that the pandemic would not just be this two week blip of an inconvenient shut down&#8230; we would have flipped out entirely.<\/p>\n<p>Here we are and we are still kicking. Aren&#8217;t we? Aren&#8217;t we just amazing animals that can adapt and flex and here we frigging are?!? Still here.<\/p>\n<p>How have you fared?<\/p>\n<p>I have swam through the waters of so many shifts and life changes in these last months. I feel so far from the old life I had back in February 2020 that felt honestly,\u00a0 a little too fast, a little disconnected, a bit too full of FOMO and making WAY too many things happen in this one simple and easy life I&#8217;ve got here.<\/p>\n<p>In April, I watched the huge Maple tree in my backyard bloom, noticing it for the first time in ten years. TEN YEARS!<\/p>\n<p>In May, I decided to pivot the way that I do my business entirely and signed up for some incredible classes that will change the way I work with clients.<\/p>\n<p>In June, I let go of all of my summer plans for good. I melted into the struggle. Summer with full time kiddo, no camps, no plans was a little rough.<\/p>\n<p>In August, I found small ways to make my summer feel like a summer after-all.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s FALL! I can&#8217;t believe it. I&#8217;m feeling like&#8230; my body is slightly traumatized and still in high alert and at the same time, I feel way tougher. I feel way more flexible and I feel like my life is permanently simplified. Because I was forced to full stop for a while. I really didn&#8217;t realize how high I was revving before, flying through life.<\/p>\n<p>So now&#8230; I want to take it slow. I want to give my nervous system some time to calm down. To be sweet and still. To sink into whatever rhythms and routines I can that feel nurturing, loving and slow. I&#8217;m learning to befriend myself.<\/p>\n<p>What works for you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi honey, I hear you. This week has been a little brutal here in Seattle. The air is clear now. 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